Detachable color combination for hand bags



March 1934- J. A. HAYNSWORTH ET AL 1,949,936

DETACHABLE COLOR COMBINATION FOR HAND BAGS Filed April 21, 1933 2Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY March 1934- J. A. HAYNSWORTH r-:r AL 1,949,936

DETACHABLE COLOR COMBINATION FOR HAND BAGS Filed April 21, 1933 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS ATTOR N EY Patented Mar. 6, 1934 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE DETACHABLE COLOR COMBINATION FOB HAND BAGS ApplicationApril 21, 1933, Serial No. 667,282

3 Claims.

This invention relates to ladies hand bags or pocketbooks and has forthe primary object, the provision of means whereby the color combinationof a bag or pocketbook may be easily and quickly changed or varied sothat one bag or pocketbook may harmonize with different colored garmentsof a person, thereby obviating the necessity of purchasing or owning anumber of bags or pocketbooks to match different garments.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of our invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a plan view illustrating a ladys hand bag or pocketbook in an openposition with our invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a sectional view illustrating the same.

Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating our invention removed fromthe hand bag or pocketbook.

Figure 4 is a plan view illustrating a modified form of our invention.

Figure 5 is a similar View showing the colored and ornamental part of myinvention removed from the hand bag or pocketbook.

Figure 6 is a view, in perspective, of the back of the detachedornament.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a hand bagof any conventional type having the usual closure flap 2 held in aclosed position by a separable fastener 3 consisting of male and femaleelements, one of said elements being secured to the body of the handbag, while the other element is secured to the closure flap 2. The handbag may be constructed of any desired material and in order to vary thecolor scheme or trimming of the hand bag we propose to employ a seriesof colored panels to be sold with the hand bag or bought separately andeach capable of being removably secured to the hand bag so that a personmay readily change the trim or color contrast and thereby permit asingle hand bag to be used with different garments by the color trimharmonizing with the particular garment worn.

The panels are each constructed alike except for their colors and one ofthe panels is shown in Figure 3 and indicated by the character 4. Thepanel 4 is of elongated formation having formed integrally with its endsflanges (Cl. ll-34) 5 adapted to fit over the edges of one wall of thehand bag to retain the panel in place. The panel is partially covered bythe closure flap when the latter is positioned to close the hand bag andthe pane-l is provided with an opening to expose the separable fasteneror the element of the fastener which is secured to the body of the handbag so that the element of the fastener carried by the closure flap mayreadily pass through the panel for insertion into the element on thebody of the hand bag.

Hand bags usually have diverging edges, as shown in Figure 1, and it ispreferable that the flanges 5 diverge to conform to the edges of thehand bag which aids in retaining the panel in position of the hand bag.

The panels may be varied in shape as for instance, as shown in Figures 4and 6. The panel in this instance is designated by the character 6 andis of substantially triangular shape secured to the closure flap 7 ofthe hand bag 8 by separable fasteners 9.

While we have shown and described the preferred embodiment of ourinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of our invention, as claimed.

Having described the invention, we claim:

1. A device of the character set forth comprising a" colored panelarranged against one wall of the hand bag, and retaining flanges on saidpanel to engage opposite edges of the hand bag.

2. In combination with a. hand bag having a closure flap secured in aclosed position by a seps arable fastener, a colored panel engaging awall of the hand bag and partially covered by the closure flap when inclosed position and having an opening to permit connecting anddisconnecting of the separable fastener.

3. In combination with a hand bag having a closure flap secured in aclosed position by a separable fastener, a colored panel engaging a wallof the hand bag and partially covered by the closure flap when in closedposition and having an opening to permit connecting and disconnecting ofthe separable fastener, and flanges on the ends of the panel andarranged angularly thereto and engageable with opposite edges of thehand bag.

JOHN ANDERSON HAYNSWORTH. MAYBELLE B. HAYNSWORTH.

